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Recycling Old Tricks: State AGs Probe Plastics Industry Collusion In Latest ESG Probe

This month, the attorneys general of Florida, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Montana sent letters to various environmental groups expressing "collective concern" about potentially anti-competitive recycling practices.

United States Environment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

EPA Revisits PFAS Reporting (Again)

On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the pre-publication draft proposed rule to amend the PFAS reporting requirements under TSCA...

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

As Climate Change Investing Evolves, How Do We Mind The Gap?

The amount of money needed to deliver net zero still exceeds annual spending on emissions reductions, but achieving the required investment appears tantalizingly within reach.

Worldwide Environment

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A&O Shearman

No Coverage For Failure To Warn Of TCE Contamination Plume

The Missouri Court of Appeals, applying Missouri law, held that insurers had no duty to defend or indemnify a defense contractor in connection with a class action alleging failure to warn of groundwater contamination.

United States Environment

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Wiley Rein

EPA Proposes To Narrow Scope Of TSCA Section 8(a)(7) PFAS Reporting Rule; Exemptions Would Include De Minimis Amounts, Imported Articles

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Opportunity To Shape The EU Taxonomy In European Commission's Call For Evidence

European Union Environment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

California Assembly Bill 1319: State-Level Endangered Species Protections In Response To Federal Regulatory Changes

United States Environment

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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

Nature, Innovation And The Shift In Climate Strategy (Podcast)

United States Environment

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Gowling WLG

EPA Will Publish Final Rule Extending Compliance Dates For Laboratories Using Methylene Chloride

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

When EPA Steps Back: How States Are Leading Enforcement Amid Deregulation – Prepare Your Company

United States Environment

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Steptoe LLP

PEER Files IQA Request To Correct EPA Claim That PFOA Has Been Phased Out

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

"Green" Greenwashing: Emerging Developments In Environmental Marketing Claims

United States Environment

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Foley & Lardner

California SB 261: Climate-Related Financial Risk Reporting Requirements Approaching

United States Environment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

New OMB Memorandum Signals Push To Accelerate Deregulatory Actions — With Implications For Public Participation In Regulatory Processes

United States Environment

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Arnold & Porter

Tariffs, Contracts And The Negotiation Imperative: Why The Old Playbook Won't Work

United States International

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JAMS

Green And Spiegel Partner Ksenia Maiorova Secures Major Win In NIL Visa Lawsuit

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

Banking Industry Outlook: U.S. Banking M&A Surge Arrives In Q3

United States Compliance

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

USCIS Announces Changes To The Naturalization Test

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

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Environmental Law

Recycling Old Tricks: State AGs Probe Plastics Industry Collusion In Latest ESG Probe

This month, the attorneys general of Florida, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Montana sent letters to various environmental groups expressing "collective concern" about potentially anti-competitive recycling practices.

United States Environment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

ESG And The Sustainable Economy Handbook - An Introduction

While environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is a broad concept that means somewhat different things to different people, it is ultimately an investment ethos whereby certain criteria that may not be neatly...

United States Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

EPA Revisits PFAS Reporting (Again)

On November 10, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the pre-publication draft proposed rule to amend the PFAS reporting requirements under TSCA...

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

When "Net Zero" Meets The Courtroom: Energy Companies And The Rise Of Greenwashing Litigation

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

As Climate Change Investing Evolves, How Do We Mind The Gap?

Worldwide Environment

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A&O Shearman

No Coverage For Failure To Warn Of TCE Contamination Plume

United States Environment

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Wiley Rein

Driving Forward: Developments In Transportation Law And Innovation

United States Litigation

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

EPA Proposes To Narrow Scope Of TSCA Section 8(a)(7) PFAS Reporting Rule; Exemptions Would Include De Minimis Amounts, Imported Articles

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

The Smart Approach To Environmental, Health, And Sustainability In Real Estate (Podcast)

United States Real Estate

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Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis

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Climate Change

Nature, Innovation And The Shift In Climate Strategy (Podcast)

New York Climate Week (NYCW) gave a clear signal that the climate conversation is shifting - from high-level ambition to practical action. In this podcast episode, Sustainability Partner Ben Stansfield and Graham Reeder...

United States Environment

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Gowling WLG

COP30: An Insight Into The Amazonian Climate Conference

With the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, "COP30" taking place in Belém, Brazil from the 10th to the 21st of November 2025...

Worldwide Energy

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Ninth Circuit Will Not Enjoin California Climate Disclosure Regulations Before They Enter Into Force

On October 29, 2025, the Ninth Circuit scheduled oral argument on the Chamber of Commerce's appeal of the district court decision denying the sought injunction to block California's...

United States Environment

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Mintz

California's Mandatory Climate Disclosure Regulations Challenged By New Lawsuit

United States Environment

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Mintz

European Bioeconomy Alliance Report Confirms Benefits Of Using First-Generation Biomass For Food, Fuels, And Chemicals In Europe

European Union Healthcare

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Bergeson & Campbell

ExxonMobil Sues California Over Climate Disclosure Laws

United States Energy

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Liskow & Lewis

UNEP Report Provides Roadmap To Advance Biobased Technologies

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

California Deadline For Climate Related Financial Risk Disclosures Approaches—The Most Expansive Corporate Climate Reporting Framework In The United States

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

The Latest On California's Climate Disclosure Laws (SB 253 & SB 261) (Video)

United States Environment

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Clean Air / Pollution

Driving Forward: Developments In Transportation Law And Innovation

In June 2025, California and a coalition of 10 other states in State of California et al. v. United States et al., No. 4:25-cv-04966-HSG (N.D. Cal.) filed a lawsuit challenging the authority...

United States Litigation

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Data Centers A Driving Force Behind Bipartisan Permitting Reform

Even as partisan rifts define Washington, lawmakers have found a rare motivator for bipartisan collaboration: data centers.

United States Energy

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Thompson Coburn LLP

Alternative Power Plays: Are Energy Parks The Answer? (Podcast)

uch of the world is seeking to find new ways of cleaning up electricity supplies, reducing emissions, and cutting climate pollution from buildings, transportation and more.

United States Energy

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Supreme Court Likely To Consider SB 253 And SB 261 Reporting In 2025

United States Energy

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WilmerHale

Senate Committee Advances Nominations For Jeffrey Hall And Douglas Troutman

United States Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

The BBNJ Agreement Will Enter Into Force In January 2026: What You Should Know

United States Environment

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Foley Hoag LLP

Producer Reporting Begins Under California's Plastic And Packaging EPR Law – Less Than Three Weeks To Go

United States Environment

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Ropes & Gray LLP

PFAS Developments: CERCLA Designations Stay Intact For Now, Rollbacks Under SDWA

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

Environmental Developments To Watch In New England

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

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Waste Management

Philadelphia Fires A Major Legal Salvo Against Two Companies Over "Recyclable" Claims (Podcast)

The City of Philadelphia has sued S.C. Johnson & Son and Bimbo Bakeries, alleging they misled consumers about the recyclability of plastic bags by using symbols like "chasing arrows" and How2Recycle labels.

United States Environment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

California Governor Vetoes PFAS In Products Bill, Citing Concerns With Availability Of Affordable Household Products

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 682, a bill that sought to prohibit the sale and distribution of cookware manufactured with intentionally added PFAS.

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

New Federal Bill Aims To Advance Research On Microplastics And Public Health

On August 5, 2025, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) introduced the Plastic Health Research Act (HR 4903), a bill intended to deepen the federal government's understanding of the health impacts of plastic exposure...

United States Environment

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

EPA Moving Forward Soon With Rulemaking To Modify And Expand The RCRA Universal Waste Rule For Lithium Batteries And Solar Panels

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

Producer Reporting Begins Under California's Plastic And Packaging EPR Law – Less Than Three Weeks To Go

United States Environment

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Ropes & Gray LLP

California Seeks Greenhouse Gas Reductions Through Substantial Revision To Landfill Methane Regulation

United States Energy

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Beveridge & Diamond

Unlocking Critical Value: Circular Strategies For Critical Minerals

United States Energy

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Arcadis

PFAS Developments: CERCLA Designations Stay Intact For Now, Rollbacks Under SDWA

United States Environment

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Sive, Paget & Riesel

Environmental Developments To Watch In New England

United States Environment

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Beveridge & Diamond

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Latest Videos

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The Latest On California's Climate Disclosure Laws (SB 253 & SB 261) (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

In That Case: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (Video)

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WilmerHale

Hon. Andrew Wheeler | Former EPA Administrator and Current Partner and Head of Federal Affairs at Holland & Hart (Podcast)

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Holland & Hart

Navigating Sites With PFAS Through The Superfund Process Is Going To Be A Bumpy Ride (Video)

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Foley Hoag LLP

Dirt In The Ditches: A Practical Look At How The Sackett Decision Affects WOTUS Permitting Nationwide (Video)

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Nossaman LLP

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